- How did your group approach the concept of shelter? Was it successful? Why?
- We approached the concept of shelter from a more abstract, conceptual point of view. We wanted to make something that would shelter you from death or being forgotten rather than rain or sun. It was successful because of the participation of the St Eds students. Through this project, we and others have been able to remember and appreciate others even if we never met them. This project was very interesting and it was amazing getting to connect with others through such an anonymous way.
- What was the group budget for the project? Where did you source your materials and how did they cost?
- We only spent about $6 for this project. $4 for yarn and $2 on pens to write the notes with. We used paper from campus and found the yarn at a thrift store. We got the shoeboxes from Payless for free.
- Was the workload equal? Explain.
- The workload was pretty much equal because we each made boxes, collected notes, tied and punched the paper and then tied them to the tree. Hannah wrote the death row prisoners notes, I found and cut the historical love notes, and Myrka came up with the death row prisoner idea and helped find historical love notes. We each contributed to different aspects of the project but I think we all did the same amount of work.
- What was the strength that you added to the group, your weakness?
- I’m usually very good at implementing other’s ideas or getting something done, so I made sure we had everything we needed and kept us on track. Sometimes I can stick to the original idea a bit to much, so I might have been hesitant about the changes we wanted to make.
- What role did you find you played in the group dynamic?
- I’d say I was the support beam. I kept everyone up and on track.
- What advice would you give to the next group that must complete this project?
- Think less about something that can house you and more conceptually. I really like our project a lot because it’s an idea more than an object which was fun to create, and sometimes the idea is better than the actual execution.
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